Module 03: Job Search
3.5 Resume
Your resume is one of your most important self-marketing tools. It’s typically your first point of contact with potential employers and it’s the main document interviewers refer to when comparing candidates. A strong resume presents your skills and experience in a manner that demonstrates that you’re the best fit for the job. The following sections will provide you with detailed information you’ll need to create a resume that’s appropriate for your unique situation.
Exercises
Take a look at the sample resumes for all programs on ExperienceCentennial and find a format that works for you.
Resume Do’s and Don’ts
- Do proofread your resume
- Do ensure you use a professional email address and voicemail message
- Do customize your resume for each position
- Do include relevant unpaid experience
- Do include relevant international experience
- Do quantify your achievements
- Do be consistent with your formatting and verb tenses
- Do make an appointment with an employment advisor to assist you with your resume
- Don’t make your resume longer than two pages
- Don’t lie on your resume
- Don’t clutter your resume with too much text
- Don’t include a lot of vague statements
- Don’t include personal information such as your photo, birth date, marital status, or religious beliefs
JANE CAREER
Toronto, ON M1J 2T2
(416) 123-1234 jcareer@my.centennialcollege.ca
linkedin.com/in/janecareer
Administrative Assistant
PROFILE
- 2+ years of experience in office administration
- Certificate in office administration
- Excellent administrative skills including typing, data entry and formatting documents
- Experience preparing and proofreading contracts
- Strong computer skills including Windows, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe
- Strong communication and customer service skills
- Proven ability to perform well under tight deadlines
EDUCATION
Office Administration Certificate, 2022
Centennial College, Toronto, ON
- Relevant courses included: Word Processing; Document Production; Office Procedures; Computer Applications; Transcription.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant – Jan 2022 – Present
New Planet Environmental Services: Toronto, ON.
- Organize and maintain customer files
- Prepare letters and other customer correspondence
- Draft documents including customer contracts
- Responsible for document control of several customer forms
- Arrange trade shows, meetings and conferences
- Research and report market industry news and technology
Receptionist – Jan 2020-Dec 2021
New You Fashion: Toronto, ON
- Professionally answered telephone enquiries
- Identified client needs and resolved issues
- Accurately maintained client information database
- Prepared professional documents and correspondence in MS Word and Excel
- Scheduled appointments and meetings and prepared appropriate materials
- Interacted with all levels of staff and management
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & VOLUNTEER WORK
Volunteer – Feb-May 2021
Career Services & Co-operative Education, Centennial College: Toronto, ON
- Assisted with Career Week 2015 registrations and set up event venues
- Promoted Career Week events to students, helped with registration and greeted employers
GCELES (Global Citizenship & Equity Learning Experience) – Jan 2021
Centennial College: Toronto, ON
- Participated in Social Enterprise Project in the Dominican Republic
- Developed leadership skills through a 12-day learning project that prepared students to be leaders of positive social change
Leadership Passport – June 2020
Centennial College: Toronto, ON
- Completed a co-curricular program that focuses on student leadership development through theoretical and practical learning that encompasses volunteerism, international educational experience, and service learning
For an accessible version of the Sample Resume, please click the link below.
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Sample Resume – Business
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For more sample resumes, visit ExperienceCentennial to check the sample resume for your program.
